Alphonse de Créquy

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Alphonse de Créquy, Comte de Canaples (died 1711), was a French noble who became a close friend of King Charles II of England. He was the second son of Charles II de Créquy, seigneur de Canaple, the younger son of Charles I de Blanchefort, Marquis de Crqué, a Marshal of France. In 1702, when the line of his elder brother Charles III de Créquy (1623?–1687) became extinct, de Créquy inherited the title Duc de Lesdiguières and later also received the honours of his younger brother François de Créquy (1625–1687). He did not have the talent of his brothers and lost many of his offices in France. He went to London in 1672, where he became close to Charles de Saint-Évremond and one of the intimate associates of King Charles II.